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US
/kəˈɫəmboʊ/
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NOUN
- the capital and largest city of Sri Lanka; has one of the largest harbors in the world; is located on the western coast of the island of Ceylon
How To Use Colombo In A Sentence
- Coltan is a contraction of colombo tantalite, an excellent conductor that is exceptionally resistant to heat and cold and valuable as a coat for electronic components in mobile phones.
- COLOMBO (Reuters) - President Mahinda Rajapaksa won Sri Lanka's first post-war national election on Wednesday, but his rival alleged vote-rigging from inside an newspaper, featuring a picture of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa at paper stall, in Colombo, January 27, 2010. WN.com - Articles related to Up to 40,000 civilians 'died in Sri Lanka offensive'
- With the cell phone industry booming, the park's resources and wildlife are under massive strain from miners seeking colombo-tantalite, also known as coltan or tantalum.
- I subsequently discovered that my new and non-sporting acquaintances were coffee-planters of a class then known as the Galle Face planters, who passed their time in cantering about the Colombo race-course and idling in the town, while their estates lay a hundred miles distant, uncared for, and naturally ruining their proprietors. Eight Years' Wanderings in Ceylon
- Vivek Prakash/Reuters Juhu Beach near Mumbai Thursday; the beach got a new water feature when the cargo ship Wisdom, being tugged to the Alang scrapyard in Gujarat from Colombo, broke away in rough weather and drifted until it ran aground. Asia in Pictures
- University of Colombo : Wisdom Shines Forth Everywhere.
- They have now moved to the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on the south west coast.
- Only in the twentieth century did skilled workers in Colombo begin to organize along working-class lines.
- Colombo - Maldivan President Mohamed Nasheed reappointed his cabinet of ministers WN.com - Articles related to Boost in the Tourism sector will help offset other revenue losses
- Uma equipe de cinco investigadores suíços atravessou o atlântico, simbólicamente utilizando a mesma rota que Cristovão Colombo, para demonstrar as capacidades de um barco movido a energia solar. Leituras